EP2638536B1 - Fabric with embroided braille - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a textile product according to the preamble of claim 1.

In order to enable blind or severely visually impaired people, textiles, especially clothing in terms of their color, size, affiliation or with regard to their washability or the like to distinguish from each other, it is from the DE 203 07 854 U1 it is known to attach to the inside of the garment a protective cover in which a writing support with information on characteristics of the garment in Braille is inserted. The inserted into the protective tape holder consists for example of a plastic or a metal or pressed, glued or woven natural fibers. It is also known from this document to engrave or punch in the braille in the writing material or to apply by coating the writing support with hardening substances by gluing or soldering individual points or by embroidering small beads on the writing medium.

The disadvantage is that such introduced in protective sleeves writing carrier can fall out of the protective cover or are inserted after removal in the protective cover of another piece of clothing, the nature of which does not correspond to the information contained on the writing material. In addition, both the protective cover and the sometimes made of hard material writers or characters reduce the comfort of the garment.

Object of the present invention is to provide a textile with haptic detectable information which are attached captive to the textile and do not affect the comfort of the textile.

This object is achieved by a textile with the features of claim 1.

According to the invention, the information carrier of the textile product is designed as an embroidery of braille dots applied to a base fabric layer of the textile product, wherein the embroidery is multi-layered and consists of a first layer, which is embroidered on the base fabric layer, star-shaped embroidery stitch is formed and a second layer which is formed as a first cover layer covering the first layer, embroidered on the base fabric layer and / or the first layer first cover stitch layer.

By trained as embroidery Braille dots on the textile is a unique and captive fabric, such as a piece of clothing or a fabric bag allows, which is also comfortable to wear on the skin in the case of attachment to a garment formed as a garment.

By stacking several layers of embroidery a reliable palpation of the individual braille points is possible.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

According to an advantageous embodiment variant, the second layer of the embroidery is covered by a further third cover stitch layer, wherein the second layer and the third layer are embroidered crossed over one another.

In order to ensure a reliable tactility of the embroidery of braille dots also on pile fabric, such as velvet and terry cloth or knitted fabric such as knitted fabric, an embroidered lockstitch surface is provided according to a preferred embodiment between the base fabric layer and the embroidery of Braille points. This lockstitch surface is characterized by a smooth surface, so that the braille dots embroidered on this lockstitch surface are easily palpable.

According to a further preferred embodiment, in addition to the embroidery of braille dots on the base fabric layer corresponding to the substantive sense of embroidery of Braille points embroidered black lettering to the applied on the fabric in Braille points information visually readable even for visually impaired people with residual vision to provide.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Draufsicht auf ein Textilstück mit darauf aufgebrachten Blindenschrift-Punktstickereien,

Fig. 2

eine schematische Ansicht einer Basisstoffschicht mit nebeneinander angeordneten unterschiedlichen Fertigungsschritten der Blindenschrift-Punkte,

Fig. 3

eine Seitenschnittansicht der Textilware entlang eines mit III markierten Schnittes in Figur 2 und

Fig. 4

eine schematische Ansicht einer Textilware mit einer beispielsweise als Frottierware ausgestalteten Basisstoffschicht und einer Steppstichfläche als Unterlage für die Stickerei von Blindenschrift-Punkten.

Embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1

a schematic plan view of a textile piece with braille dot embroidery applied thereto,

Fig. 2

a schematic view of a base material layer with juxtaposed different manufacturing steps of Braille points,

Fig. 3

a side sectional view of the textile along a III marked section in FIG. 2 and

Fig. 4

a schematic view of a textile with a designed example as Terry cloth base layer and a lockstitch surface as a base for the embroidery of Braille points.

In the following description of the figures, terms top, bottom, left, right, front, back, etc. refer exclusively to the exemplary representation and position of the textile goods, embroidery and the like chosen in the respective figures. These terms are not meant to be limiting, i. through different working positions or the like, these references may change.

In FIG. 1 is designated by the reference numeral 1 a total of a textile product. This textile fabric 1 has a base fabric layer 2, for example in the form of a fabric or a knit fabric, on which an embroidery 3 of braille dots is embroidered. The embroidery 3 of braille dots can be applied both directly to the base fabric layer 3 and to a lockstitch surface 4 embroidered on the base fabric layer 2, wherein the lockstitch surface 4 is used in particular if the base fabric layer 2 consists of a troubled fabric or knitwear such as knitwear, a terry cloth, a pique cloth, velvet or cord exists, in which the Braille points would not emerge from the rest of the surface of the text of the Braille enough and would be difficult to feel for a blind man.

Furthermore, according to a particular embodiment variant of the textile goods according to the invention in addition to the embroidery of Braille dots also embroidered a the substantive sense of embroidery 3 Braille dots corresponding black text embroidery 5 to offer people with a residual vision contained in the braille embroidery information in visually readable font ,

The embroidery 3 of Braille dots is preferably formed at least 0.4 mm above the fabric surface of the base fabric layer 2, in order to ensure the minimum requirements for "font height" for the readability of Braille.

The structure of the individual Braille points is in FIGS. 2 and 3 shown. In producing the embroidery 3 of the Braille dots, a star-shaped embroidery stitch 31 is first embroidered onto the base fabric layer 2 with an embroidery tool 6 in a first production step to produce a raised center of the Braille script point to be embroidered. In the second production step, the embroidery stitch is covered by embroidering a first cover stitch layer 32 of embroidery stitches. Preferably, this first cover stitch layer 32 is covered in a further manufacturing step by embroidering a second cover stitch layer 33 of embroidery stitches on the first cover stitch layer 32, wherein the second layer 32, that is, the first cover stitch layer, and the third layer 33, that is, the second cover stitch layer, embroidered to each other embroidered are.

The Braille points thus generated are preferably arranged as a Braille font.

The embroidered braille dots allow a simple differentiation of clothing and underwear, for example in physical education of schools for the blind, in the households of non-sighted people, in homes or in therapeutic use. Furthermore, by the embroidered Braille points to blind directed advertising messages can be applied in a simple manner on a textile or leather goods.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

textile goods

2

Base fabric layer

3

Braille points

4

Lockstitch area

5

Black Font Embroidery

6

Stick tool

31

first location

32

second location

33

third location

Claims (6)

1. A textile (1), comprising a main material layer (2) and an information carrier, which contains haptically detectable information and is arranged as an embroidery (3) made of Braille dots which is applied to the main material (2), characterized in that the embroidery (3) has a multi-ply design, wherein a first ply (31) of the Braille dots (3) is arranged as a star-shaped stitching that is stitched onto the main material layer (2), and a second ply (32) of the Braille dots is arranged as a first cover stitching ply that covers the first ply (31) and is stitched onto the main material layer (2) and/or the first ply (31).
2. A textile (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that a third ply (33) of the Braille dots (3) is arranged as a second cover stitching ply which is stitched onto the main material layer (2) and/or the first and/or the second ply (31, 32), wherein the second ply (32) and the third ply (33) are stitched on above one another in an interlacing manner.
3. A textile (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a stitched lock-stitch area (4) is provided between the main material layer (2) and the embroidery of Braille dots (3).
4. A textile (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the embroidery of Braille dots (3) has an elevation of at least 0.4 mm.
5. A textile (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Braille dots (3) are arranged in such a way that they are readable as Braille printing.
6. A textile (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a black printing embroidery (5) is stitched onto the main material layer (2) adjacent to the embroidery of Braille dots (3), said black printing embroidery corresponding with respect to its meaning to the embroidery of the Braille dots (3).

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